5 comments

J.B.

4 alerts, one right after the other…no info… only check “social media”..WTF?
And for the about the tenth time now…it is just some angry ex reporting the kids dad to the police…
Who then hammer this “ALERT” button in the middle of the night….
Ever heard of the boy who cried wolf?
Not interested in playing “wharez yer daddy” once a week for every POS parent in this state.
It was a great idea when instituted….but it is now just being abused by everyone involved IMHO.

David Foxx

You are absolutely correct. It is why the alert is now off my phone after five, FIVE straight alerts that were nothing more than custody disputes gone awry. Was NOT what it was to be used for. The system was abused because stranger abductions are so rare so they had to justify it. There has even been one issued last year for a child that was an hour late from returning from visitation that was excusable due to accident. In this case, the police KNEW who had the kid, They knew the situation and the was no stranger-danger. That is what it was designed for. Please, someone post the last legitimate Amber Alert in Michigan. And before you go off on me, I had kids snatched by an ex against court order and she fled to Alaska. Cops knew who had them, where she went and everything, but refused to issue an alert, even in Alaska, because it was known who had them. So either they didn’t do it because I am the custodial male, or it was because the reason(Which was stated to me) the Amber Alert system is solely supposed to be for stranger abductions. System has failed and most have it turned off their phones now. Good job with crying wolf, again.